Patents by Inventor Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10379703Abstract: A social networking service presents information about the social network using multiple feeds in a user interface and provides mechanisms for filtering the content. A content feed includes the most recent content generated by the user's connections, and a highlights feed displays content based on importance and relevance. A user may add content to the social networking service through a composer interface. A user may also filter either or both of the content feed and the highlights feed using a filtering interface, which allows selective filtering of the feeds using one or more different types of filters, including as filtering by the source of the content, friends or networks, and/or content type.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Arieh Steinberg, Mark Tonkelowitz, Peter Deng, Adam Mosseri, Adam Hupp, Aaron Sittig, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 10296536Abstract: A method for tagging digital media is described. The method includes selecting a digital media and selecting region within the digital media. The method may further include associating a person or entity with the selected region and sending a notification of the association the person or entity or a different person or entity. The method may further include sending advertising with the notification.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Aaron Sittig, Scott Marlette
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Patent number: 9646027Abstract: A method for tagging digital media is described. The method includes selecting a digital media and selecting region within the digital media. The method may further include associating a person or entity with the selected region and sending a notification of the association the person or entity or a different person or entity. The method may further include sending advertising with the notification.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Aaron Sittig, Scott Marlette
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Patent number: 9639243Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Peter Deng, Scott Marlette, Marcel Laverdet, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9413812Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for generating a social timeline is provided. A plurality of data items associated with at least one relationship between users associated with a social network is received, each data item having an associated time. The data items are ordered according to the at least one relationship. A social timeline is generated according to the ordered data items.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Sittig, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9223479Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Peter Deng, Scott Marlette, Marcel Laverdet, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9183599Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for social mapping is provided. Data about a plurality of social network members is received. A first member of the plurality of social network members is allowed to identify a second member of the plurality of social network members with whom the first member wishes to establish a relationship. The data is then sent to the second member about the first member based on the identification. Input from the second member is received in response to the data. The relationship between the first member and the second member is confirmed based on the input in order to map the first member to the second member.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Aaron Sittig
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Publication number: 20150301703Abstract: A social networking service presents information about the social network using multiple feeds in a user interface and provides mechanisms for filtering the content. A content feed includes the most recent content generated by the user's connections, and a highlights feed displays content based on importance and relevance. A user may add content to the social networking service through a composer interface. A user may also filter either or both of the content feed and the highlights feed using a filtering interface, which allows selective filtering of the feeds using one or more different types of filters, including as filtering by the source of the content, friends or networks, and/or content type.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Arieh Steinberg, Mark Tonkelowitz, Peter Deng, Adam Mosseri, Adam Hupp, Aaron Sittig, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9110953Abstract: A social networking service presents information about the social network using multiple feeds in a user interface and provides mechanisms for filtering the content. A content feed includes the most recent content generated by the user's connections, and a highlights feed displays content based on importance and relevance. A user may add content to the social networking service through a composer interface. A user may also filter either or both of the content feed and the highlights feed using a filtering interface, which allows selective filtering of the feeds using one or more different types of filters, including as filtering by the source of the content, friends or networks, and/or content type.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Arieh Steinberg, Mark Tonkelowitz, Peter Deng, Adam Mosseri, Adam Hupp, Aaron Sittig, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 9049203Abstract: A system and method for is provided. The present invention provides a system and method for dynamically generating a privacy summary. A profile for a user is created. One or more privacy setting selections are received from the user associated with the profile. The profile associated with the user is updated to incorporate the one or more privacy setting selections. A privacy summary is then generated for the profile based on the one or more privacy setting selections.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Kelly
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Patent number: 8887066Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Peter Deng, Scott Marlette, Marcel Laverdet, Mark Zuckerberg
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Publication number: 20130205225Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for calendaring are provided. Exemplary systems include a natural language receiving component configured to receive a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, a calendar generation engine configured to create a calendar entry based on the natural language entry, a social network database configured for accessing and querying by the calendar generation engine, a privacy component configured to receive a privacy setting indicating a person who is approved to view the calendar entry, and a display module configured to display the calendar entry on a calendar. Exemplary methods include receiving a natural language entry corresponding to a future status, creating a calendar entry, and displaying the calendar entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Peter Deng, Scott Marlette, Marcel Laverdet, Mark Zuckerberg
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Patent number: 8412821Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
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Patent number: 8352859Abstract: To display a news feed in a social network environment, a social networking system generates news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment. The social networking system may also attach an informational link associated with at least one of the activities to at least one of the news items, limit access to the news items to a predetermined set of viewers, and assign an order to the news items. The news items may be displayed in the assigned order to at least one viewing user of the predetermined set of viewers, and the number of news items displayed may be dynamically limited.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Ruchi Sanghvi, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Aaron Sittig, Chris Hughes, Katie Germinder, Dan Corson
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Publication number: 20130007133Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
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Patent number: 8312140Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
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Publication number: 20120272332Abstract: A system and method for is provided. The present invention provides a system and method for dynamically generating a privacy summary. A profile for a user is created. One or more privacy setting selections are received from the user associated with the profile. The profile associated with the user is updated to incorporate the one or more privacy setting selections. A privacy summary is then generated for the profile based on the one or more privacy setting selections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Kelly
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Patent number: 8249943Abstract: A system and method for auction based polling is provided. Parameters related to a poll are received from a first user. Parameters related to a poll are received from a first user. A query is associated with the poll. A priority of the poll is determined based on the parameters. The poll is distributed to one or more second users according to the priority. Results to the poll are gathered. The results are reported to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Adam D'Angelo, Robert Kang-Xing Jin, Timothy Kendall
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Publication number: 20120203838Abstract: A system and method provides dynamically selected media content to someone using an electronic device in a social network environment. Items of media content are selected for the user based on his or her relationships with one or more other users. The user's relationships with other users are reflected in the selected media content and its format. An order is assigned to the items of media content, for example, based on their anticipated importance to the user, and the items of media content are displayed to the user in the assigned order. The user may change the order of the items of media content. The user's interactions with media content available in the social network environment are monitored, and those interactions are used to select additional items of media content for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Chris Cox, Ruchi Sanghvi, Matt Cahill
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Patent number: D742415Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Joseph Cahill, Mark Zuckerberg